The North American Review, Volume 66Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1848 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... principle of absolute government . But there were some glorious moments for Italy during this protracted struggle , in which she had been more than once upon the point of grasping her long - contested prize . The idea of independence ...
... principle of absolute government . But there were some glorious moments for Italy during this protracted struggle , in which she had been more than once upon the point of grasping her long - contested prize . The idea of independence ...
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... principles , the confirmation * It is somewhat remarkable that two such men as Muratori and Vico should have been contemporaries , and yet have exercised so little influence upon one another . For it should be remembered that Muratori ...
... principles , the confirmation * It is somewhat remarkable that two such men as Muratori and Vico should have been contemporaries , and yet have exercised so little influence upon one another . For it should be remembered that Muratori ...
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... principles of their origin . Common minds were satisfied with the fact , but those of a more earnest and thoughtful cast could not accept it without inquiring how it had been brought about , and why a nation which had been at the head ...
... principles of their origin . Common minds were satisfied with the fact , but those of a more earnest and thoughtful cast could not accept it without inquiring how it had been brought about , and why a nation which had been at the head ...
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... principle is , if true , nothing more than a remote link in a continuous chain , so the world of thought is indissolubly connected with the world of fact , of which it is the legitimate and ultimate expression . The mind is not only ...
... principle is , if true , nothing more than a remote link in a continuous chain , so the world of thought is indissolubly connected with the world of fact , of which it is the legitimate and ultimate expression . The mind is not only ...
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... principle of their nature , unites them all in one common bond of brotherhood . We believe , therefore , that one of the surest hopes of Italy may be drawn from the present state of her literature . At no time could works so truly ...
... principle of their nature , unites them all in one common bond of brotherhood . We believe , therefore , that one of the surest hopes of Italy may be drawn from the present state of her literature . At no time could works so truly ...
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Page 400 - CHARICLES ; a Tale illustrative of Private Life among the Ancient Greeks : with Notes and Excursuses. New Edition. Post Svo.
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Page 479 - THE DANDELION. DEAR common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride, uphold, High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyed that they An Eldorado in the grass have found, Which not the rich earth's ample round May match in wealth, — tliou art more dear to me Than all the prouder summerblooms may be.
Page 234 - Vacant their places were, or filled already by strangers. Suddenly, as if arrested by fear or a feeling of wonder, Still she stood, with her colorless lips apart, while a shudder Ran through her frame, and, forgotten, the flowerets dropped from her fingers, And from her eyes and cheeks the light and bloom of the morning. Then there escaped from her lips a cry of such terribls anguish, That the dying heard it, and started up from their pillows.
Page 480 - THE CHANGELING I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To lead me gently backward To the Heavenly Father's knee, That I, by the force of nature, Might in some dim wise divine The depth of his infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine.
Page 80 - Our ancestors are very good kind of folks ; but they are the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance with.
Page 481 - And smiles as she never smiled : When I wake in the morning, I see it Where she always used to lie, And I feel as weak as a violet Alone 'neath the awful sky. *>• As weak, yet as trustful also ; For the whole year long I see All the wonders of faithful Nature Still worked for the love of me; Winds wander, and dews drip earthward, Rain falls, suns rise and set, Earth whirls, and all but to prosper A poor little violet.
Page 242 - And with these words of cheer they arose and continued their journey. Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden wand o'er the landscape ; Twinkling...
Page 476 - New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth...
Page 242 - Shook from his little throat such floods of delirious music, That the whole air and the woods and the waves seemed silent to listen. Plaintive at first were the tones and sad; then soaring to madness Seemed they to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. Single notes were then heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation; Till, having gathered them all, he flung them abroad in derision, As when, after a storm, a gust of wind through the tree-tops Shakes down the rattling rain in a crystal shower...